NGI Telecom Abbreviation

Next Generation Internet

An initiative funded by the U.S. federal government designed to develop faster, more powerful networking technologies than are available on the current global Internet. The Next Generation Internet, or NGI, was begun in 1997 under the auspices of a number of government agencies, including DARPA, NASA, and the NSF. Its objective is to develop advanced networking technologies and to demonstrate N them on university and government test networks running 100 to 1000 times faster than the current Internet. The technologies developed are intended for eventual use by schools, businesses, and the general public.